List of Paul McCartney concert tours
English musician Paul McCartney has participated in a number of concert tours across several eras of his musical career. With the British–American rock band Wings, he undertook five major tours, with one, the Wings Over the World tour, being worldwide. Following Wings' final 1979 tour of the UK, McCartney did not undergo a major concert tour for ten years. As a solo artist, McCartney has undergone sixteen major concert tours, nine being worldwide. His first was the Paul McCartney World Tour and his most recent being the Got Back tour.
With Wings
The British–American rock band Wings was Paul McCartney's post-Beatles band who were active from 1971 to 1981. Their primary line-up was McCartney, his wife Linda and guitarist Denny Laine, formerly of the Moody Blues. Throughout their years as a band, they embarked on a number of concert tours, varying in scale from their initial "DIY" tour of British universities to the epic Wings Over the World tour.Shortly after forming Wings, the McCartneys took the band on an impromptu tour of the United Kingdom's universities in early 1972, showing up unannounced and performing for whoever happened to be on campus. The band's intended first stop on the tour, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, refused to allow them to play, so the band moved on to the more receptive University of Nottingham. Admission to the first show was £0.50, proceeds being split up equally among the band members.
The last Concert for the People of Kampuchea on 29 December 1979, which was the final date of Wings' fifth tour, was Wings' final gig.
However, Wings achieved notoriety for its aborted sixth tour, a January 1980 tour of Japan, which was cancelled before it even started when Paul McCartney was arrested for possession of marijuana while entering Japan on 16 January 1980 and was eventually deported on 25 January after nine days in prison, without Wings ever performing. Wings never again attempted a tour prior to their breakup in 1981.
List of Wings tours
- Wings University Tour – 11 shows in the UK, 1972
- Wings Over Europe Tour – 26 shows throughout Europe, 1972
- Wings 1973 UK Tour – 21 shows in the UK, 1973
- Wings Over the World tour – 66 shows over the world, 1975–1976
- Wings UK Tour 1979 – 19 shows in the UK, 1979 + 1 show on 29 December 1979
Solo
Solo tours
| Title | Start date | End date | Shows | Gross Revenue |
| The Paul McCartney World Tour | 26 September 1989 | 29 July 1990 | 103 | |
| Unplugged Tour 1991 | 8 May 1991 | 24 July 1991 | 6 | |
| The New World Tour | 18 February 1993 | 16 December 1993 | 77 | |
| Driving World Tour | 1 April 2002 | 18 November 2002 | 58 | $126,100,000 |
| Back in the World tour | 25 March 2003 | 1 June 2003 | 33 | |
| '04 Summer Tour | 25 May 2004 | 26 June 2004 | 14 | |
| The 'US' Tour | 17 September 2005 | 30 November 2005 | 37 | $60,000,000 |
| Secret Tour 2007 | 7 June 2007 | 25 October 2007 | 6 | |
| Summer Live '09 | 11 July 2009 | 19 August 2009 | 10 | $33,650,567 |
| Good Evening Europe Tour | 2 December 2009 | 22 December 2009 | 8 | |
| Up and Coming Tour | 28 March 2010 | 10 June 2011 | 42 | |
| On the Run | 15 July 2011 | 29 November 2012 | 37 | |
| Out There | 4 May 2013 | 22 October 2015 | 91 | |
| One on One | 13 April 2016 | 16 December 2017 | 77 | $242,600,000 |
| 2018 Secret Gigs | 9 June 2018 | 26 July 2018 | 5 | $0 |
| Freshen Up | 17 September 2018 | 13 July 2019 | 39 | |
| Got Back | 28 April 2022 | 25 November 2025 | 79 |
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